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Howdy yall! EDITED: PLEASE SEE HOPEFUL FINAL RE-WRITE RIGHT BELOW THE ORIGINAL VERSION, ON THIS POST -- 9/16!

Thought it was time to put my head back on the chopping block, so here is my latest offering called "BMOC" (for those of you still in high school ;), the acronym stands for Big Man On Campus...) . I'm not sure if the time line is too abrupt, but thought I'd mention it up front so you could keep an eye on 'er....

Per usual, all comments welcome....


"BMOC" -ORIGINAL VERSION

© Lyrics 2007 Beth Williams

She should’ve known better
But she was drawn to that letter
The “D” on his varsity jacket
Captain of the football team
Starring in her every dream
He was the Big Man on Campus

Pushed by drinks and a dare
She asked him then and there
If he believed in love at first sight
First amused by her nerve
Then aroused by each curve
He smiled and said “not ‘til tonight...”

Chorus:
In this little school pond
He had swum to the top
Master of his domain
The cream of the crop
If only she’d known
How hard it would be
To swim out in the real world
With her BMOC

Three years later, they married
A bouquet of dread she carried
Just breathe, she told herself, he’ill find his way
He had toasted her promotion
Even bought her favorite lotion
But relapsed to reminisce ‘bout glory days

Bridge:
He couldn’t let go, and it pained her to see
While she’d grown up, he was stuck in ‘83
Bound by a jacket with a capital “D”
The faded mantle of the BMOC

Chorus:
In this little school pond
He had swum to the top
Master of his domain
The cream of the crop
If only she’d known
How hard it would be
To swim out in the real world
With her BMOC


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"BMOC" - LATEST AND HOPEFULLY LAST REWRITE, 9/16© Lyrics 2007 Beth Williams

She should’ve known better
But she was drawn to that letter
The “D” on his varsity jacket
Captain of the football team
Starring in her every dream
He was the Big Man on Campus

Pushed by drinks and a dare
She asked him then and there
If he believed in love at first sight
First amused by her nerve
Then aroused by each curve
He slyly said “not ‘til tonight”

Chorus:
In their little school pond
He had risen to the top
A magnet for all
The cream of the crop
Too caught up in his glory
To worry how it’d be
She set off into the real world
With her own BMOC

Soon enough her fantasy
Was challenged by the reality
Of his basking in the shadows of his moments in the sun
But too proud to admit it
For seven years she hid it
TIL HE TRIED TO PASS HER OFF TO SOME BUDDIES, "JUST FOR FUN"

Bridge:
That dare had set in motion
Like a sorcerer’s potion
A union that was not meant to be
She’d been envied in school
Now she was stuck and a fool
Listening to re-runs of 1983

Chorus:
In the world where they met
She’d worn his jacket with pride
But while she had outgrown it
He was still trapped inside.
It was time now to leave him
She no longer had to be
In the audience held captive
By THAT CHAMPION S.O.B.



Cheers,
Beth